CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0119

7.2 HIGH Published 1999-12-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The default configurations for McAfee Virus Scan and Norton Anti-Virus virus checkers do not check files in the RECYCLED folder that is used by the Windows Recycle Bin utility, which allows attackers to store malicious code without detection.

Affected configurations

• mcafee virusscan • symantec norton antivirus

References